Financial & Professional Services
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Optimise Your Position as a Financial & Professional Service
Our market intelligence services provide you with the vital data and insights you need to support investment cases in renewable assets. We can help you understand current and future market trends, analyse the pipeline of renewable generation and assess achievable values and returns. Whether you are active in solar, wind or other renewable sources, we can provide you with the insights you need to stay ahead of the competition and make smart and profitable decisions based on a realistic assessment of key opportunities and challenges, underpinned by our robust quantitative forecasts and by our nuanced understanding of the policy and regulatory environment.
How Can We Help Your Business as a Financial & Professional Service?
- Assess the regular price and value monitoring of key revenue streams
- Understand the range of credible long-term electricity prices captured by different technologies
- Incorporate asset-level revenue forecasts into project/portfolio financial models to support investment cases, budgeting, asset benchmarking and business planning
- Mitigate risk arising from changes to regulation, policy and the prevailing market conditions
- Benchmark and assess the value delivered by different routes to market
- Provide benchmarks of achievable values under Power Purchase Agreements for subsidised and subsidy free assets
- Estimate the current pipeline of renewable assets wanting to connect to the network
- Analyse bankable forecasts of power prices, network charges and embedded benefits
- Assess subsidy scheme analysis across the Renewables Obligation, Capacity Market and Contracts for Difference schemes.
- Track key policy and regulatory developments, including code governance and industry consultations through our digital dashboard and monthly forums
A Range of Solutions For Your Business
Analysis
Through a combination of in-depth industry knowledge and practical experience, our range of data and market analysis will help keep you up-to-date with developments in the industry and understand their impact on your business.
Consultancy
Bespoke advisory services to companies across the industry, including generation asset developers and investors, flexibility providers, energy retailers, network companies, and government departments.
Training
Our experts deliver a wide range of online and in-person training on the energy markets and net zero transition, pitched at the right level to meet your needs.
Market Analysis to Boost Your Business
Industry Essentials (GB)
Detailed analysis on key industry topics, easily digestible and daily consolidated news, as well as an in-depth outlook for wholesale power, gas within the GB energy market and international commodity markets. Get a free trial of CI Pro now.
Industry Essentials (IE/NI)
Detailed analysis on key industry topics, as well as a consolidated Irish energy market outlook for wholesale power, gas and international commodity markets, in an easy-to-read format.
Regulatory Intelligence (GB)
Our code modifications and consultation registers provide real-time analysis on the impact of industry rule change to your business, helping you to navigate the regulatory complexity of the GB energy market
Non-Commodity Costs (GB)
Our long-term forecast of Non-Commodity Costs is the industry leading source of information, underpinned by subject matter experts, to help you understand the trajectory of charges that make up an electricity bill. The service also provides further in-depth analysis on the costs associated with the Contracts for Difference and Feed in Tariff schemes.
Network Forecasts (GB)
Expert long-term forecasting for network use of system charges and revenues applicable to generators connected to the GB network. These are delivered with a configurable tool able to create projects specific forecasts based on its technology type, expected load factors, and location on the network.
5 Year Power Price Projector (GB)
Understand the trajectory of power prices beyond the horizon of the forward curve and integrate these assumptions into budgeting, trading, and business and investment decisions.
SEM Benchmark Power Curve
For the Island of Ireland, a comprehensive power price modelling service that delivers long-term 30-year wholesale power price forecasts informed by our significant market, policy and regulatory expertise.
NEM Benchmark Power Curve
The NEM Benchmark Power Curve is a comprehensive market and asset-level electricity modelling service, delivering long-term wholesale power price forecasts for the National Electricity market (NEM) in Australia.
FCAS Curve (AUS)
Our FCAS Curve (AUS) subscription contains the NEM Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS) Market Curve, a granular 30-minute price forecast for all NEM ancillary service markets (all 10 FCAS markets) over a 20-year horizon.
Network Forecasts (AUS)
Our Network Forecasts (AUS) subscription contains our Marginal Loss Factor (MLF) Curve which provides future projections of MLFs throughout the National Electricity Market (NEM). This allows clients to be better informed of likely MLF trajectories for current projects, as well as being able to benchmark MLFs for projects under development.
Business Energy Essentials (GB)
Helps you to understand the aspects of the energy markets that can shape and impact your business.
Storage Profitability Benchmark Curve (AUS)
The Storage Profitability Benchmark Curve (SPBC) is designed to provide a detailed revenue projection of battery storage projects across the National Electricity Market (NEM).
GB Battery Revenue Forecast
Provides indicative forecasts of the revenues from battery storage assets across a number of different parameters and scenarios.
Japan Benchmark Power Curve
The Japan Benchmark Power Curve is a comprehensive power price modelling service, providing market and technology-specific forecasts in partnership with Shulman Advisory.
Default Tariff Cap Predictor
Our Default Tariff Cap Predictor forecasts Ofgem's quarterly price cap and examines the key drivers affecting the level of the cap, and – in turn – household energy bills.
Low Carbon Transport (GB)
Designed to translate how the energy market impacts the rapidly changing transport sector and emerging business models. Our EV experts draw unique insight from multiple sources of industry data to help you assess GB market changes, international developments and key policy updates in a constantly evolving industry.
Germany Benchmark Power Curve
The Germany Benchmark Power Curve is a comprehensive power price modelling service, providing market and technology-specific forecasts.
Great Britain Benchmark Power Curve
A comprehensive Great Britain energy market power price modelling service that delivers long-term, wholesale, 30-year price forecasts informed by our significant market, policy and regulatory expertise, updated on a quarterly basis.
Low Carbon Generation (GB)
Our dedicated insight on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), green certificates, and the GB renewables pipeline, supplemented with access to experts via the Green Generators Group forum, allows you to track the latest developments across low carbon generation markets.
CATALYST Online Portal
CATALYST is our new fully integrated online portal exclusive to Cornwall Insight customers. It is a one-stop shop, offering seamless access to all of Cornwall Insight’s market analysis in a single easy-to-use interface which is accessible via computer, tablet or mobile device.
Built in collaboration with our customers, CATALYST will help you quickly and efficiently find the information and data you need in seconds via intuitive navigation and search capabilities.
Our Customers
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